Lucius opened his door; he ejected the ammo packs from his guns and reloaded it a couple times; a small grin appeared on his face;

"hah; might as well take the hunter exams; could use the extra cash" lucius said out loud, talking to himself; he turned the corner and headed down to the training rooms.

*a little later*

Lucius sat down at a small desk; a holographic procection appeared in front of him, a list of questions scrolling down. He'd chosen to undergo the written exam and the obstacle/field portion of the hunter exams.

"heh... why do they still call it a written exam when its on a computer?" chuckled Lucius to himself; he shook his head and started inputting data and aswsers on the holo-screen.

summary: lucius has decided to undergo the written and obstacle/field part of the exam; Lucius will not be fighting an instructor, but will instead be doing a role play of a field exam/obstacle course; lets just assume I pass the written, since making up questions for myself will be rather redundant.

A few minutes after his exams, Emperious goes to the hunter shop to pick up that part he had run out of money for. He grabbed it and walked up to the counter. The cashier looked up with a bit of surprise to see who was back in less than an hour.

"You back again so soon?"

"Yeah. I didn't have enough money to get a second part before I passed the exams. I'm a C class hunter now old man."

"Pretty good. Who'd they make you fight?"

"Blaze Katt."

"You fought Katt? Hahahahahaha! It serves that girl right to get a good beating every once in a while. She's a wild card son! She's too hyperactive and knuckleheaded to think before she pounces! I'm surprised she even became a B class! Let alone an instructor!"

"For your information old timer, Katt nearly kicked my ass back there. She threw me around the room like a rag doll. The only reason I won is because I paralysed her and had my pet dragon shoot at her. She is a hell of a fighter and she was a great challenge. She may not know it, but Katt taught me to look really damn hard at the opponent and exploit their greatest weaknesses. I like and respect Katt, and she deserves more respect than she gets from everyone else around here. And I leave this conversation at that."

Emperious picks up his part and begins to leave.

"It sounds more to me like you've fallen for her."

Emperious stops as he exits the shop. He turns a glance at the old cashier with a small smirk.

"What can I say? She's one hot cat."

"She's also high maintanance and power hungry."

"Hey! There is no woman that I can't handle."

Sum:Emperious buys a part fom the shop. 0 zenny remaining.

Emperious goes back to the training hall to mess around and scout out the other hunters striving for promotion. He soon spots Lucius in the test room. Emperious instantly feels his anger rising up. He walks up behind Lucius and taps on his shoulder.

"Hey Lucius. We need to talk about that little problem where you shot me in the face AFTER I said that I was fine."

Sum:Emperious sneaks up on Lucius and doesn't look very happy. Run! Run for your no good lives!

Lucius turned around with a impatient look; "Huh... so, they finally let you out eh? meh, guess we must really have the best anti-viral team around after all; Wanting to talk about shooting you in the face? maybe we should talk about you TRYING TO KILL ME AND NITRO first. Heh... virus or no, I don't care. A guy attacks me, I'm going to shoot back" he said smugly with a dismissive tone. "But you know... I AM taking the hunter exam; how'd you get in here anyways?" Lucius turned to his right as he saw one of the hunters overseeing his exam cough impatiently. Lucius jerked his head towards the instructor; "heh... I'm sure that man over there will help you find your way out"

He turned around and continued punching in info on his test screen

Summary: Lucius answers Emperious and brushes him off; attacking him in the exam area probably WOULD not be the smartest idea >.>...

"Fine then Lucius. But just remember. I can kick your ass with BOTH arms tied behind my back and a hernia. I'll let it slide for now, Lucius. I had first indended to kick you in the balls, but I think this will be more satisfying. You know how you're always telling Me and Nitro about how you are going to get the biggest pay and I never seem to think about money or promotions in the slightest? Well, that's why I find this situation very ironic. I just got promoted and I'm getting a bigger paycheck than you! Suck that! I'm glad we could have this little talk, friend."

Emperious shoves his new C class badge in Lucius' face and strolls of to his room.

Sum:Emperious finds a much more satisfying way to even the score with Lucius.

Nitro at the time was sitting a couple seats away from Lucius and was going mad. *thinking* "Urrrg why the hell am I answering questions. I signed up to fight mavericks not this...I'm never going to get any of these answers right....Hummm maybe I could ask Lucius...He'd never let me live it down that I couldn't answer some simple questions. This may be cheating but this would be a good time to use that new tech...."

Nitro looked around for an exit but the room only had one door behind him. Then Nitro put his hands together at his forehead making sure nobody was looking and made himself a shadow clone. As his clone sat there looking to be taking the test Nitro slunk out the door made his way super stealthy ninja like down the hall.

*Nitro started using a public computer terminal with all the info he would need. He started cramming info for the exam but he heard foot steps. He poked his head out to see Emperious coming closer but right before he did Nitro used his new found powers of illusions again and... Emperious paused for a second to see a high ranked looking hunter walking out of the computer room.*

"???: What are you looking at...well don't just stand there get to your post or I'll have you run laps around the obstacle course until your sweat starts to sweat"...* Nitro in disguise noticed his illusion starting to wear off. Nervously he said..."Ummm that is all." *and ran off leaving Emperious standing there. Nitro had his shadow clone stand up and ask the hunter if he could go to the bathroom. Although he was denied it gave the real Nitro time to sneak back into his seat...*thinking* "Ok now that I have that out of the way" Nitro started to answer the questions with ease.

1. who was the original leader of the maverick hunters? (Sigma)
2. who is currently in control of the maverick hunters? (signas)
3. which reploid was the leader of the repliforce? (general)
4. name an S rank hunter. (X)
5. where were X and zero sent in command mission? (Giga City)
6. what weapon did sigma use in X1? (lightsaber)
7. What weapon did sigma use in x4? (a scythe)
8. chill penguin was weak to what attack?(Fire Wave)
9. who found X? (Dr. chain)
10. what was the name of the reploid army in X4? (the repliforce)

"Ha that wasn't so hard" Nitro walked up to the instructor. "I would like to fight a balanced hunter now.

SUM: Nitro entered his answers and told the hunter waiting he was finished. 5/100

"interesting... a perfect score. I certainly hope you didn't do anything against regulations during the exam." the official cocked his head and looked sternly at Nitro as if examining him; finally, he shook his head as if giving up. "well, anyways, it doesn't matter now; you pass. Hmmm... I see you chose a... balance instructor? heh... well, its been a while since the old guys got any action. Your friend... what was his name? ah, yes emperious. As I recall, he was defeated not too long ago by this very instructor." with a knowing grin, the official punched in some text to a beeper and sent a message.

???: well... looks *cough* like I'm up. hah! Been a while *HACK*!
???: Jeez old man! try not to keel over before you get TO the fight!
???: Be quite! I may be old, but I'm not dead yet; as I recall, I saved your hide more than once or twice when I was the squad leader!
????: >.>....

from the side of the hunter training area, a pair of hunters emerged; The first was a female reploid with stark white hair and pupiless blue eyes; she had a rather arrogant look about her, and wore orange and gold armor designed to look like cerimonial robes; Beside her was an older hunter, obviously the veteran of many battles; a sword was slung at his side, and a rifle was on his back; a belt of grenades girded his midsection, and a pair of shoulder cannons could be seen; it was the same instructor emperious had fought earlier (this is the "senior instructor" whom emperious lost to)

"hah! well. So your the young pup I'm to fight eh?" said the old hunter jovially. "Well... I defeated your friend a while back because he was too arrogant; hope you don't make the same mistake!" He drew his sword and stepped forward. "names Zeke! hope you provide a worthy challenge!"

"heh! your more likely to die from old age first!" snorted the female reploid behind him. She laughed contemptously.

"Be quite fayth! if you want to try that out for yourself, I'll be more than happy to oblige you; but right now I'm busy! so just head over their and watch!" snapped Zeke back. Cowed, Fayth walked to the side and sat down. Zeke grinned.

"Hah... come on! show me what today's youth is made of!" laughed Zeke, tightening his grip on the blade.

battle! Zeke (veteran hunter) vs. Nitro!

area: the hunter arena is a medium sized area with smooth walls; getting knocked into them probably won't hurt too much (+5 damage when hitting walls)

--Berserker/ raises attack power by 15% for 7 WE per turn. (improved version—2 tech).
--Booster jump/ can jump one extra area/attack while jumping for 8 WE
--Berserk slash/ raises his weapon high in the air and crashes it on opponent 38 power, 8 WE
--Dark lightning: 27 power, 8 cost, range of 3
--Shadow ball: WE equals cost, power increases by 25% per turn. Range 5, increases by one per turn.
--Dark Void: sucks opponent to current space, removes two stat points and four HP and adds to self. Range: 2. WE: 10
Tech: Shadow copy. Makes a shadow double, and any enemies within one space must attack next turn; 50-50 chance to hit him or nitro. 47 power. We: 15 (those more than 1 space away can attack, but are out not required, and are out of retaliation range)

Feat;
--aerial finisher/ +5 damage when attacking out of jump.
--Liquid nitro: X2 WE recharge with no action. Also increase shield, def by 10.
--Rocket boots: flys 5 spaces now with booster jump.
--Once per turn Nitro can take the stat points from one category and add them to another Ex) taking the aim points and adding them to power.

Nitro: If he could beat Emperious then I should keep my guard up. I'm going to need more then brute strength to win this." A dark ora began flowing around Nitro as he neared his opponent. Slowly the ora started to take shape until a completely separate Nitro was formed.

You're not supposed to get roleplay points if you're in a battle, Bionic.

In play:

"........AAARRGGGHH! It is so damn boring in here! Why did I have to be created by a power hungry mad man? The only time I'm enjoying myself is when I'm ripping something apart, or watching something get ripped apart! I've gotta find something to do! I've already passed my exam, bought parts from the shop, twice, I've walked around the training room, twice, I believe I've effectively pissed off Lucius for my own entertainment.....What else am I suppossed to do?.....Hey, wait a second...Wasn't there something about an odd job offer posted in the training room? Something about helping some trainees? I could check that out. I'll have to go back to the training room, AGAIN...I'm not walking, that's for sure."

Emperious activates his teleporter and warps into the training room, right into the middle of Nitro's and Zeke's battle.

"Holy ****!.......Uh...Hi Nitro....Zeke....I see you two have met. No dought the old geezer has already told EVERYONE about how he beat me. I'm also guessing that he's said that I'm an arrogant child with no tactic. Well, that was true when I fought him last time. But I dought he could beat me as easily this time. I'll leave you to this."

Emperious walks past Nitro and pats him on the shoulder, wispering to him.

"If you lose to him, I'm going to beat you with a bat for being so stupid. Kick his ass."

Emperious goes up to the bbs next to the benches and tries to find that add again, but stops when he catches a glance at Fayth.

"Sorry. I have the abbility to read minds of other reploids. But don't freak out. I can't pick up exact thoughts. I can only feel basic emotion that allows me a general view of what the person is thinking. I'm not always correct."

"Well I think you're right on the money. That geezer is so damn annoying with all his "wisdom and knowledge". He's a crock. I wouldn't be surprised if he keeled over before your friend can even make a single attack. What does surprise me is that you lost to him."

"He only beat me because I wasn't at my best. I was still a bit troubled by what I had seen in the maverick barracks. I was also really damn pissed at Zero, for implying that I couldn't handle the pains of war. I was also at a disadvantage because of a lack of equipment and expedience. If I faced him now, he wouldn't be as lucky as before."

"Whatever you say."

Emperious turned his attention to the billboard again, and found the add.

"Hmm...Help trainees in team battle training against strong opponents...I can go for that."

Emperious took the pen that was strapped to the clipboard and singed his name on the roster.

"This ought to be pretty entertaining."

Emperious took a seat next to Fayth to watch the battle and wait for someone to call him about the job.

Sum:Emperious has signed up for the side quest:help rookies in team battle training.

*sigh*. emperious, try not to auto NPCs, kay? fayth would never even give your guy the time of day, let alone talk to you. more likely she'd insult you and ask why the hell you were talking to her. Next time, just initiate a conversation.

but bass is right; in battle, you don' get role play points.
I'll get the side quest up for you after one more round in this fight is done bass.

back on:

Zeke grinned. "heh... well... thats interesting... but I still have a fifty fifty chance to hit the real you you know!" Zeke dashed towards one to the figures and slashed; it turned black and evaporated into thin air. "GAHHHH!" yelled zeke as the real nitro slashed him in the back (I'm assuming that how you damage them with this attack; tell me if its not).

Sorry, you said to post the amount of RP points at the bottom from now on so I thought that included battles. Your right if someone attacks the wrong Nitro the real one slashes them from behind.

*in game*

"With a 50/50 chance it's a risky move. I guess it works well on unlucky foes."

And with that Nitro began to show his true colors. His body began the frightening transformation to his berserker state as his energy flowed through his cloak and hair, then the mussels bulged and grew to unreal sizes. He changed more and more until he had became a monstrosity with a with a laugh that could make hunters cower in fear.

Zeke looked at nitro and grinned. "you kids and your crazy hair; hah! Well, I'm not going to stand around and pose!"

Zeke began to run backwards; turning around and grabbing at his belt, he pulled a small metal sphere off of it; pushing in a botton at the top, he hurled it at nitro; it clanked on the floor, and a bright teal energy sphere exploded out;

"You actually think you can harm me!...Hahahaha you're in for it now old man!"

Nitro gave an evil grin as even more energy emerged from inside him. It seemed as though he was becoming even stronger if that were even possible. Nitro revved up his weapon and rushed at Zeke. Then he spun around at the last second giving him extra momentum as he brought his spinning blade crashing down from overhead onto his opponent.

Sum: Nitro used ability transfer from mind to power, moves 2 spaces to Zeke and used Berserk slash.

(meh; you lucked out; roll came up to use shoulder cannons; hah, heavy shot or energy grenade would of killed you)

Zeke dropped to one knee; "heres how I finished your friend off last time!" he yelled as a pair of cannons popped up on his shoulders; a humming noise filled the air seconds before two green beams shot out towards nitro; they hit his shield and dissapated in an electrical flash (hah... your shield makes this attack not get through; be warned though; any other attack WILL)

"I've survived this far. So either I'm extremely lucky, or you're extremely unlucky." Said Nitro as he calmly walked towards his opponent creating a shadow copy. "It can all end right here. So tell me….do you feel lucky….well….do you?" exclaimed both of the Nitro's.

"Come on now. I know you've got better eyes then that. Now try again." teased Nitro taking a step back. Nitro's plan to use mind games against his adversary was working but he knew his luck would not last him forever. He rushed to think of something else but for now another shadow copy was all he could do.

Emperious couldn't help but watch Nitro with great interest. He was doing far better than he had expected. His technique was throwing Zeke off his stride, but Emperious couldn't help but think to himself about the down sides to that move.

"Nitro is overdoing that technique. He is taking extreme risks with his tactic. That move is all down to a 50/50 chance of him getting clobbered by Zeke. Luck only lasts so long, and when his runs out, there will be hell to pay, Nitro."

Emperious niether liked or really disliked Nitro's Shadow Copy. He just didn't want something like that for himself. It was okay if Nitro did a good job with it. But Emperious didn't like to relly on luck for anything. He didn't take chances like that. He prefered to use skill and power, not luck, to win his fights. The thought of leaving the final outcome of a battle to chance just didn't go down his throat easily. But one thing was for sure. The next time Emperious and Nitro fought, it would be one interesting encounter.

sum:Emperious rambles on in his head about how he doesn't like Nitro's move very much.